The planning of educational facilities is viewed as a function of the educational objectives of the institution. A physical facilities survey must be related to the type of program, enrollment trends and projections, and availability of faculty. Three basic planning study procedures described are a survey of present facilities, a facilities…

Although administrators have applied the term "needs assessment" to many things, including desires and solutions, the term is becoming progressively more precisely defined. Assessing needs simply means identifying where we are now and where we want to be by a specific time. A new imperative for needs assessment arises from public demand that…

Examined were the effects of four teachers' use of a data-based behaviorally oriented planning technique on the verbal labeling performance of eight developmentally delayed children (2-5 years old). Teachers were introduced to a 10-tactic planning technique that included behaviors ranging from simply counting the number of correct and incorrect…

The primary purpose of this conference was to update members of the Teacher Corps on current issues in education as they relate to the Teacher Corps. Speeches delivered by individuals from federal, state, regional, and local levels of the Corps are printed in their entirety. (JD)

Planning-programming-budgeting systems (PPBS) have been looked on by public-sector organizations as a mechanism to improve the decision process in resource allocation. PPBS requires (1) selecting the overall long-range objectives of the organization and the systematic analysis of various courses of action leading to their attainment; (2) deciding…

This paper addresses five aspects of educational planning, summarizing recent trends in theories, models, and strategies that apply to planning at the national level. Individual chapters focus in turn on 1) issues and problem areas addressed by planning, 2) planning models in use, 3) nonformal education as a focus of planning, 4) indicators of…

This report presents information about the state of the art in Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) in 1976. This information takes the form of quantitative data (mostly frequency distributions), on the number and average completion time of CAI programs according to subject matter, author, language, instructional strategies, sources, and central…

This report presents the findings of a study on the current status of planning in American higher education and the feasibility of establishing a "national planning congress" for higher education. The study team gathered the views of key people concerned with higher education planning through extensive interviews and seminars throughout the…

At this symposium on career education and the school counselor, three researchers spoke about a project on which they have been working which involves field-testing and evaluating 61 career education units that are to be infused into the present public school curriculum, K-12. This project explores the implications of the school-based model as it…

In order to relate the school budget to district and school goals and objectives, a process must be established that will provide an orderly approach for the school and community to follow. First, a thorough needs assessment should be made of the school and community. From this assessment should follow a set of goals and needs that provide the…

Despite the large size and scope of postsecondary education in New York and the resulting complexities that exist, there is a strong commitment to pluralistic education. A basic premise in the governance of postsecondary education in New York is that statewide planning and coordination must be directed so that institutions, in making their…

Proceedings of a 1971 conference held to evaluate the use of the Simulation Option Model (SOM) in educational planning are presented. Following a general discussion of simulation models and educational planning processes, specific attributes and applications of SOM are considered. A case study of SOM's use in France--including examples of the…

Because rural colleges are small, isolated, relatively tax poor, and are staffed primarily by public school trained and experienced personnel, their staffs usually possess values, attitudes, and beliefs that are directly contrary to the philosophy of the community college. This address calls for the beginning of effective staff development…

This paper reviews provisions of North Carolina's constitution and law relating to the goals and objectives of the Community College System, and discusses the three types of state-level planning conducted by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges: (1) determining needs and requirements of the System, based on goals and policies of the…

Higher education now faces problems which inhibit it from planning major new programs for the future. The two most serious problems are crises in funding aggravated by dwindling enrollments and lack of continuity in leadership. Teacher education programs are often spared from being cut--some have been expanded--because they are cheap to run, but…